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I am using KDE 4.8.5 and I cannot find a way to disable the mouse pad. I am using a laptop and the mouse pad is flush with the typing area, as a consequence it is almost impossible to type without activating the mouse pad causing all kinds of bizarre behavior. I can turn it off by session by using a function key combination. However, I would like to turn if off permanently or at least until I decide to activate it again. I have gone over the system settings numerous times but I have not been able to locate a way to disable the pad.

Any help or advice greatly appreciated.

Last edited by frankr on Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.

systemsetting -> input devices -> yields -. keyboard, mouse, joystick and remote controls, the touch pad option is not listed on 4.8.5 or at least not in my system.

do you have package synaptiks installed?

Unfortunately no, and the repositories for my system (Slackware 14.0) do not carry several of the dependencies. Searchingpackage providers like Slackbuild.org I was not able to find them either. I went ahead and attempted an install using pip but I was unable to install successfully.

synclient TouchpadOff=1

This works fine for the current session, but I was hoping to be able to disable the mouse pad permanently. Looks like I may have to wait untilSlackware updates KDE to 4.9 or 4.10.

I appreciate your help but it doesn't look like there is an easy fix to the problem.

You might want to post that in the Tutorial & Tips forum as others may find it helpful.As a further note - you could configure a keyboard shortcut (using Custom Shortcuts in System Settings > Shortcuts & Gestures) to execute either command as well.